Jack
University of California, Berkeley
Hi, my name is Jack. I grew up in Hong Kong, went to Chinese International School and am currently studying at the University of California, Berkeley. I have tutored English for the past 4 years, and have recently been working at the Athletic Study Centre at Berkeley, tutoring student-athletes. I am currently pursuing a double major in Political Science and Geography, and also speak fluent Mandarin. Outside of academics, I play rugby for the university and I also enjoy playing guitar.
Jack
Hire a tutorUniversity of California, Berkeley
Hi, my name is Jack. I grew up in Hong Kong, went to Chinese International School and am currently studying at the University of California, Berkeley. I have tutored English for the past 4 years, and have recently been working at the Athletic Study Centre at Berkeley, tutoring student-athletes. I am currently pursuing a double major in Political Science and Geography, and also speak fluent Mandarin. Outside of academics, I play rugby for the university and I also enjoy playing guitar.
For teaching English, I believe the key to improving is to practice writing. For younger students, I encourage them to enjoy creative writing about a subject they are passionate about. We then analyse if there are a pattern of mistakes that we need to work on, and we consciously work on them whilst progressing to more difficult writing prompts. For older students at the Year 12-Year 13 level, I believe practicing the exam format is the best way to achieve success. For teaching various humanities concepts, we first work to understand the concepts, and then practice the exam techniques for skill mastery.
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Chinese
Teaches:
Government
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English
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Humanities
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History
Tutoring Experience
Most of my tutoring experience is teaching English at the secondary school and IB level. My most significant achievement was helping a year 12 English Language & Literature Standard Level student go from a 4/7 to a 6/7 for her IB exam. More recently, I have been teaching fellow student-athletes, which presents a different challenge as many are my age or older. Overall, I am confident teaching various ages, ability levels and subjects.
Tutoring Approach
For teaching English, I believe the key to improving is to practice writing. For younger students, I encourage them to enjoy creative writing about a subject they are passionate about. We then analyse if there are a pattern of mistakes that we need to work on, and we consciously work on them whilst progressing to more difficult writing prompts. For older students at the Year 12-Year 13 level, I believe practicing the exam format is the best way to achieve success. For teaching various humanities concepts, we first work to understand the concepts, and then practice the exam techniques for skill mastery.